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person provide opportunities for individuals with a
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merchant mariner credential, as defined in section
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2101 of title 46, United States Code, to receive ex-
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perience and training necessary to become
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credentialed in working on a vessel transporting nat-
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ural gas.
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"(7) EXCEPTION.--The Commission may not
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include in any order issued under subsection (a) au-
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thorizing a person to export natural gas to a nation
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with which there is in effect a free trade agreement
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requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas
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a condition described in paragraph (1), or a condi-
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tion described in paragraph (6), if the United States
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Trade Representative certifies to the Commission, in
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writing, that such condition would violate obligations
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of the United States under such free trade agree-
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anent.
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"(8) USE OF FEDERAL INFORMATION.-In car-
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rying out paragraph (1), the Commission-
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"(A) shall use information made available
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by-
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"(i) the Energy Information Adminis-
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tration; or
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"(ii) any other Federal agency or enti-
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ty the Commission determines appropriate;
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and
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"(B) may use information made available
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by a private entity only if applicable informa-
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tion described in subparagraph (A) is not avail-
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able.".
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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.--Section 3(c)
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of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is
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amended by striking "or the exportation of natural
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gas" and inserting "or, subject to subsection (g), the
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exportation of natural gas".
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(b) CRUDE OIL.--Section 101 of title I of division
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15 U.S.C. 6212a) is amended-
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(1) in subsection (b), by striking "subsections
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(c) and (d)" and inserting "subsections (c), (d), and
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(f)"; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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"(f) TRANSPORTATION OF EXPORTS OF CRUDE OIL
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"(1) IN GENERAL.--Except as provided in para-
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graph (6), as a condition to export crude oil, the
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President shall require that a person exporting crude
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